Car-coupling



(Model.)

G. C. HARLIN.

\ GAR GOUPLING.' l No. 247,052. Patented Sept.- 13,1881.

WITNESSE INVENTOR f /Z/m By {f/.dttorueys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE O. HARLIN, OF KEOKUK COUNTY, IOWA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'24*7,052, datedSeptember 13, 1881.

' Application led May 31, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE C. HARLIN,residing in the county of Keokuk and State of Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Oar Couplings; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as'will enable others lskilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters or tiguresof reference markedthereon, which form a part of this speciiication, and in which- Figure lis a plan view of my improved carcoupling. Fig. 2 is an inverted view,Fig. a side view, and Fig. 4 an end view, of the same. Fig. 5 is a sideelevation.

This invention has relation to improvements in car-couplings of thatclass employing a barbed or harpooned coupling-lever in lieu of theusual link, its object being to effect the ready coupling and uncouplingof the cars; and it consists in providing such lever with a barbed orharpooned sleeve capable ot' rotating independent of the lever, whilethe wholel is adapted to be adjusted vertically, substantially ashereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A indicates the end of the car having theusual pin-andlink draw-head, a.

B is a lever hung upon a suitable pendant, b, of the car at its rearend. This lever is guided and limited in its vertical movement within astaple-like device, o, depending from the car, its extreme forward endhaving a tapering shouldered point, el.

C is a sleeve fitted to reciprocate upon the lever B, it havingeccentrically-arranged ears e, to and between which is articulated alink, D, pivoted to a hand-lever, E, pivoted to a pcndan t, f,`depending from the car. Thelever ing notches h', one arranged near each end; Theouter end of the sleeve O is provided with a barbed or harpooned head,O.

The operation is as follows: The cars ap- E extends up through a slottedplate, h, havpreaching one another, the sleeved harpooned or barbedlever B will pass into the meeting draw-head, its vertical movementallowing it to accommodate itself to the height of the draw-head. Thelever 4passes into the drawhead with the harpooned or barbed sleeve Ostanding so asto present its greatest width to the opening of thedraw-head, the lever E standing in the full-lined position indicated inFig. 4.' Pushing the lever E into the dottedline position, as seen inthe same figure, the position of the sleeve C will beso changed as tocause the shoulder of the barbed or harpooned head (l to intercept ordrop down behind the shoulder at the inner endof the opening in thedraw-head, and thus effect the coupling of the cars. Reversing themovement of the lever is all that is necessary to uncouple the cars,which movement of the lever, as that also for coupling the cars, can beaccomplished without going between the cars, to avoid endangering thelife or crushing the limbs ofthe attendant.

Having thus fully described my invention, l

-claim and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent- V1. In a car-coupling,the combination, with the lever B, of the sleeve O, having the barbed orharpooned head E', capable of an independent rotation upon the lever,substantially as set forth.

2. 1n a car-coupling, the lever B, capable of vertical movement, andhaving the rotating barbed or harpooned sleeve O, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

3. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the lever B, having theindependently-rotating A sleeveO, provided with the barbed head E',

of the hand-lever E, connected by the link D to the sleeve O,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE O. HARLIN. Witnesses:

B. F. LOGAN, C. Cass.-

